Reshipment container



A. 0. CRAWFIS. RESHIPMENT CONTAINER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE I6, I921-1,430,537, Patented 0d. 3, 1922 e. m m 5 Q g flrQJo/m Doe 5aazaRobinwood/Iv Q 9 lea/O, ohm. Q

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RE$HIPMENT Application filed June 16,

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Aaros D. CRAwFIs, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, havemade an Invention Appertaining to a Reshipment Container; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccon1- panying drawings, and to the characters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to containers for use in the shipment of parcelsand particularly to containers intended for repeated use in shippingmerchandise or other matter.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a shipping containerwhich is strong and durable in its construction and may be usedforrepeated shipments, such, for instance, as sending laundry back andforth between a college student and his home, and which has provisionfor the aiiixing of stamps, insurance and other postal markings in suchmanner as to be prominently displayed and to enable them to be easilyand quickly removed for the aiiixing of new stamps and markings therebypreventing defacing the container, as is customarily the case, byrepeatedly affiXing stamps and markings of a permanent nature thereto.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent fromthe following detailed description.

The invention is described in the following specification, and while inits broader aspect it is capable of embodiment in numerous forms, apreferred embodiment thereof is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which,

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a shipping container embodying theinvention, and Fig. 2 is an inner side view of the cover thereof withparts broken away.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the cover of a container of thetelescoping type, although it may be of other form, such cover beingmade of a stiff durable material, such, for instance, as pressed fiberboard which is commonly employed in containers of this class.

In carrying out myv invention I provide the top portion of the coverwith three winhaving a strip or ribbon 5 of paper or other suitablematerlal movable across the same below the surface of the cover forreceiving postage stamps and other postal markings, such, for instance,as insurance designation, parcel post 'stampings, etc., which arecommonly applied to packages shipped by mail.

The other two openings 3 and a are for the addresses of the sender andsendee, whose names and addresses are displayed through the respectivewindows and are placed on a card 6, which is removably mounted at theinner side of the cover top.

The cover at its inner side below the openings 2, 3 and 4 therein, isprovided with a backing board or member '7 of hard stiff material, suchfor instance as pressed fiber board and this is slightly spaced from thecover top by spacing strips 8, which cooperate with the board 7 andcover top to form a guide-way 9 for the ribbon 5 and a pocket 10 for thecard 6. The guide-way 9 is open at both ends to permit the passage ofthe ribbon 5 therethrough, preferably lengthwise of the opening 2, andthe pocket 10 is open at one end to permit a removal and replacement ofthe card 6 therefrom and a replacement of the same. A catch member 11 ispivotally carried by the under side of the cover adjacent to the openend of the pocket 10 and is turnable over the outer proiecting end ofthe card 5 to releasably retain it in the pocket. If the container isnot of suflicient length to permit a straight removal of the card 6 fromthe pocket 10 the card may be of flexible material so as to permit abending of the same up within an end. portion of the cover when beingremoved from the pocket.

The display window 3 for the senders name is preferably located aboveand to the left of the window 41- so that the names of the sender andsendee will bear the customary relation to each other which is preferredby postal authorities, and which renders it easy for a postal clerk tolocate the name of the sendee in handling the packages.

A container of this character is intended more particularly for and isused to a very large extent by persons sending packages back and forthto each other, as for instance,

a college student sending laundry by parcel windows 2, 3 and i suchreason the card 6 is provided, on opposite sides with the names of thesender and sendee in reversed positions so that it the package beingsent by Mrs. John Doe to her son John Doe, in, the side of the card willbe used which displays her name in the senders position and the lattersname in the sendees position, and when the container is being used byJohn Doe, j 13., to send laundry or other matter to his home the card isre versed so that her name will be displayed at the sendees window andJohn Does name the window oi the sender. The card may be easily dquicirly reversed as is apparent and the ribbon 5 is unwound trom asupply roll 12 which is carried at one end if the guideway 9 by a forkedbracket member lt is evident tha in the use of the container in beingprepared for reshipment suliic ent length of ribbon 5 is unwound anddrawn througlji the guideway 9 to place a clean unstamped portion inregister with the window 2, the surplus portion of the ribbon being tornfrom the strip at the opposite side of the guide-way 9 to the roll 12.The board 7 forms a firm baclting {or the ribbon 5 so that the lattermay be written or stamped as desired. It is also evident that thecontainer top is smooth on its outer side except for the provision ofthe openings or th rein, and that the ribbon 5 and card 6 as well as theparts guiding and carrying the same are disposed at the inner side ofthe container so as not to interfere with the handling of the same. wishit understood that my invention is limited to any specific construction,arevent or form of the parts, as it is ca- 1% of numerous modificationsandchanges thout departing from the spirit of the ims.

Having thus described my invention, what claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is,-

l. A reshipment container having an opening in a wall thereof, a ribbonroll mounted at the inner side of the container to permit the ribbon tobe unwound therefrom and extended across the opening at its inner side,and. guide and backing means for the ribbon secured to the containerwall at the inner side of the opening.

A. reshipment container having an opening in wall thereof, and a ribbonguide and backing means secured to the inner side it the wall andextending across the opening, a ribbon roll carrying bracket secured tothe inner side of the wall at one end of the guide means, and a ribbonroll carried by the bracket and adapted to unwind there from and extend.through the guide means to receive postal stamps and markings on thepart thereof exposed through the opening.

in testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to thisspecification.

AMOS D. CRAWFIS.

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